[citation needed] Gurry initially appeared in television guest roles in Raw FM, SeaChange, State Coroner, Wildside and Halifax f.p..

He went on to appear in American feature films Spartan (2004, alongside Val Kilmer and William H. Macy), Daltry Calhoun (2005, with Johnny Knoxville), Speed Racer (2008, with Emile Hirsch), Edge of Tomorrow (2014, opposite Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt), Jupiter Ascending (2016, with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis) and War Machine (2017, alongside Brad Pitt).

He starred in several Australian television series including miniseries The Alice as Darren (2005–2006), seasons 2 and 3 of Tangle as Joe Kovac (2010–2012) and 4 episodes of Offspring (2012).

In 2016, Gurry joined the filming for American drama series Ten Days in the Valley[1] (opposite Kyra Sedgwick) appearing as Pete Greene for all 10 episodes.

[3][4] American actor Sean Penn contacted Gurry to ask to produce the series, and also went on to star in it, alongside Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, Alexander England, Lincoln Younes and Bryan Brown.